mangaguitar96:

Being a big fan of Manga and Anime, I am always finding myself looking for a good series to read or watch. Fairy Tail, Soul Eater, Assassination Classroom and many more! However, one series that has recently caught my eye for reading is Nanatsu No Taizai also known as The Seven Deadly Sins. The manga series has been running for over three years and last year, the anime officially arrived in Japan. Though season 2 is underway, I feel that season 1 of Seven Deadly Sins should be English dubbed by FUNimation! Here are my reasons why: It has an amazing storyline, it would make FUNimation a lot of money, The series has a small fan base but it would increase if dubbed, and Hiro Mashima the creator of Fairy Tail even recommends it! When I explain everything to all of you, you will agree with me that Nanatsu No Taizai (Seven Deadly Sins) deserves an English dub.

For those who don’t know, the series takes place in the mythical kingdom of Liones; a country where the co-existence of Giants, Demons, Fairies and Humans haven’t separated yet. In the beginning, we meet a young man who runs a pub called “The Boar Hat” and his name is Meliodas. He runs “The Boar Hat” with a talking pig named Hawk who is Captain of The Knights of Leftover Cleanup. On the billboard of “The Boar Hat”  is seven wanted posters. Each for The Seven Deadly Sins. A group of elite criminals who each committed one of the Seven Deadly Sins and are now on the run for killing the leader of The Holy Knights ten years ago. As Meliodas works, he overhears a customer’s conversation about someone called The Rust Knight wandering Liones looking for The Sins. Rumors claim that The Rust Knight is someone who died at the hands of The Sins, possessed an old set of armor and is looking for them to get revenge or is one of The Sins who died and is looking for their comrades.  Just then, The Rust Knight barges in, scaring away the customers and passes out. Meliodas removes the armor to find The Rust Knight is actually a sixteen year old girl named Elizabeth who is looking for the Sins to enlist their help. Later, a group of Holy Knights break in looking for The Rust Knight. They soon find Elizabeth and go after her, revealing she is the Third Princess of Liones who ran away from home. Meliodas agrees to help her escape and a battle with the Knights ensues. As the battle rages, it is revealed that Meliodas is the leader of The Seven Deadly Sins; The Dragon’s Sin of Wrath and is looking for his comrades. After the battle, Meliodas pledges for The Sins to help the young princess bring an end to The Holy Knights’ coup d’ ètat. Sounds like an interesting storyline huh? Dang right it is!

Secondly, it would make FUNimation a lot of money for merchandizing. The series has been out for over three years now and already has products on the shelves in Japan. Figures, key-chains, t-shirts, plush toys, even cosplay costumes! If and when FUNimation decides to dub the series, their sales will increase tenfold if they get dubbing rights. Hawk is a popular character in the series and I for one would love to buy a cute plushie of him from FUNimation! The series would definitely make a lot of money if picked up for English Dubbing!

Thirdly, since the series has been around for over three years, it’s not really that well known. Well, I have a very firm belief in FUNimation, they manage to bring out shows that have never been heard of before and get their fanbases even bigger than before! When FUNimation dubs Seven Deadly Sins, it will pick up with America’s anime fanbase rather quickly. It’s a series that once noticed, will possibly become one of FUNimation’s core shows and will also bring more popularity to the manga (which is great for the mangaka.)

Finally, even Hiro Mashima, the creator of Fairy Tail recommends it. A while back, Hiro Mashima and the creator of Seven Deadly Sins Nakaba Suzuki once did a Christmas special in their Weekly Shonen Magazine. Each one had to create a story for the opposite’s series. Mashima wrote for The Seven Deadly Sins in his drawing style while Suzuki wrote a story for Fairy Tail in his drawing style. “Diane is so cute, I can’t stand it.” Said Hiro Mashima in an interview “I’ve already reread Nanatsu No Taizai. It’s so fun to read I can’t stand it!” Hiro Mashima has been running a successful series for over nine years and had run another successful series about twenty years ago (The Rave Master). So if he even says the series is good, then it’s definitely worthwhile!

With these thoughts in mind, amazing storyline, will make FUNimation a lot of money, it will increase the series fanbase and even Hiro Mashima recommends it, it is obvious that the series deserves to be English dubbed. My personal opinion is that it is a wonderful series. It has the elements of adventure, lost romance, action, something new, an idea that has never been heard of before in it and will draw a lot of attention to it. Those who are fans of stories with talking animal companions, mythical kingdoms and a group who deeply cares for each  other as a family, I would say this is a story you would like! So go out today and spread the word!